poems by Katie Doherty

In dreams

in dreams you hugged the dirt,
you passed through and you passed on.
In dreams you wore the blue coat and
in dreams we said goodbye.

Altars

Harvest the earth to bring to one’s altar,
with its peeling stars, wax tears and
traces of the old devil etched into oak.
The mundane fades as the liminal space widens and it is here
you have to choose your side.

In shadows

A gathering of moss, stone and fauna,
blessed are my hands as they carve your name in wax.
We dive into the earth
We pull out of the earth
and we leave grief in the shadow of the sun.

Katie Doherty is a UK based writer. Her work has been published by Sky Blue Press (A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal) and she has had three poetry anthologies published: Your Black Opium by Paper and Ink Literary Zine, Interiors by Analog Submission Press and Suspended in Time by Between Shadows Press. She has also been featured in anthologies from East London Press and Tangerine Press.